1/29/2015 National Institutes of Technology ­ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia National Institutes of Technology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are a group of public engineering colleges of Srinagar(JK) India. On their inception decades ago, all NITs were referred to as Regional Engineering Colleges Jalandhar Hamirpur (RECs) and were governed by their respective Kurukshetra Srinagar(UK) state governments. NITs were founded to promote New Delhi Ravangla Yupia regional diversity and multi­cultural understanding Jaipur Patna Shillong Dimapur in India. Comprising thirty autonomous institutes, Allahabad Silchar Imphal Durgapur Agartala they are located in one each major state/territory Bhopal Jamshedpur Rourkela of India. In 2007,the Indian government declared Surat Nagpur Raipur Aizawl these schools as Institute of National Importance. Warangal NITs offer degree courses at bachelors, masters, Goa Kurnool and doctorate levels in various branches of engineering and technology. All NITs are Surathkal autonomous which enables them to set up their Kozhikode Karaikal own curriculum. Tiruchirappalli Admission to NITs was done by the erstwhile All India Engineering Entrance Examination, now Location of the 30 NITs. NITs name (city/town, if replaced by Joint Entrance Examination Main different than name) (JEE Main) conducted across India. Contents 1 History 2 Financing 3 List of NITs 4 Governance 5 Education 6 Student life 6.1 Libraries 6.2 Student Government 6.3 Disciplinary Committee 6.4 Extra­curricular activities 6.4.1 O­INSA 6.4.2 Inter­NIT Sports 6.4.3 Festivals 7 Alumni 7.1 Business/Industry 7.2 Public service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Technology 1/15 1/29/2015 National Institutes of Technology ­ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 7.3 Academia/Technology and Research 8 See also 9 References History Jawaharlal Nehru sought to develop India as a leader in science and technology. The Government started fourteen RECs between 1959 and 1965, at Bhopal, Allahabad, Kozhikode, Durgapur, Kurukshetra, Jamshedpur, Jaipur, Nagpur, Rourkela, Srinagar, Surathkal, Surat, Tiruchirappalli, and Warangal. It established one in Silchar in 1967 and added two others located at Hamirpur in 1986, and Jalandhar in 1987. The RECs were jointly operated by the central government and the concerned state government. Non­ recurring expenditures and expenditures for post­graduate courses during the REC period were borne by the central government, while recurring expenditure on undergraduate courses was shared equally by central and state governments. The success of technology­based industry led to high demand for technical and scientific education. Due to the enormous costs and infrastructure involved in creating globally respected Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), in 2002 MHRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi decided to upgrade RECs to "National Institutes of Technology" (NITs) instead of creating IITs. The central government controls NITs and provides all funding. In 2002, all RECs became NITs. The upgrade was designed along the lines of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) after it was concluded that RECs had potential as proven by the success of their alumni and their contributions in the field of technical education. Subsequently, funding and autonomy for NITs increased, and they award degrees which have raised their graduates' perceived value. These changes implemented recommendations of the "High Powered Review Committee" (HPRC).[1] The HPRC, chaired by Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, submitted its report entitled "Strategic Road Map for Academic Excellence of Future RECs" in 1998. In 2002, MHRD issued NIT status to three more colleges, located at Patna (Bihar Engineering College ­ a 110 year old college), Raipur (Government Engineering College),[2] and Agartala (Tripura Engineering College).[2] Based on the request of state governments and feasibility, future NITs are either converted from existing institutes or can be freshly created. The 21st (and the first brand­new) NIT is planned for Imphal in the north­eastern state of Manipur at an initial cost of Rs. 500 crores. In 2010, the government announced setting up ten new NITs[3] in the remaining states/territories. This would lead to every state in India having its own NIT. With the technology based industry's continuing growth, the government decided to upgrade twenty National Institutes of Technology to full­fledged technical universities. Parliament passed enabling legislation, the National Institutes of Technology Act in 2007 and took effect on 15 August of that year. The target is to fulfill the need for quality manpower in the field of engineering, science, and technology and to provide consistent governance, fee structure, and rules across the NITs.[4][5][6] The law designates each NIT an Institute of National Importance (INI). Financing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Technology 2/15 1/29/2015 National Institutes of Technology ­ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Average NIT funding increased to 10.000 crores by year 2011. On average, each NIT also receives 2000­2500 crore under World Bank funded Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP I and TEQIP II).[7] List of NITs NITs and Locations Short Name Established City/Town State/UT Website Name NIT nitkkr.ac.in ‡ NITKKR Kurukshetra Haryana Kurukshetra 1963 (2002 ) (http://www.nitkkr.ac.in/) NIT Calicut 1961 (2002‡) NITC Kozhikode Kerala nitc.ac.in (http://nitc.ac.in/) nitdelhi.ac.in NIT Delhi 2010 NITD New Delhi Delhi (http://www.nitdelhi.ac.in/) nita.ac.in NIT Agartala 1965 (2006‡) NITA Agartala Tripura (http://www.nita.ac.in/) West nitdgp.ac.in NIT Durgapur ‡ NITDGP Durgapur 1960 (2003 ) Bengal (http://www.nitdgp.ac.in/) nitgoa.ac.in NIT Goa 2010 NITG Farmagudi Goa (http://www.nitgoa.ac.in/) NIT nitpy.ac.in 2010 NITPY Karaikal Puducherry Puducherry (http://www.nitpy.ac.in/) Maulana Azad National Madhya manit.ac.in Institute of ‡ MANIT Bhopal 1960 (2002 ) Pradesh (http://www.manit.ac.in/) Technology Bhopal Malaviya National mnit.ac.in Institute of ‡ MNIT Jaipur Rajasthan 1963 (2002 ) (http://www.mnit.ac.in/new/) Technology Jaipur Motilal Nehru National Uttar mnnit.ac.in Institute of 1961 (2001‡) MNNIT Allahabad Pradesh (http://www.mnnit.ac.in/) Technology Allahabad nitmanipur.ac.in NIT Manipur 2010 NITMN Imphal Manipur (http://www.nitmanipur.ac.in/) NIT nitm.ac.in 2010 NITM Shillong Meghalaya Meghalaya (http://www.nitm.ac.in/) nitmz.ac.in/ NIT Mizoram 2010 NITMZ Aizawl Mizoram (http://www.nitmz.ac.in/) nitnagaland.ac.in NIT Nagaland 2010 NITN Dimapur Nagaland (http://www.nitnagaland.ac.in/) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Technology 3/15 1/29/2015 National Institutes of Technology ­ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dr. B. R. Ambedkar nitj.ac.in ‡ NITJ Jalandhar Punjab National 1987 (2002 ) (http://www.nitj.ac.in/) Institute of Technology Jalandhar NIT nitjsr.ac.in ‡ NITJSR Jamshedpur Jharkhand Jamshedpur 1960 (2002 ) (http://www.nitjsr.ac.in) Visvesvaraya National vnit.ac.in Institute of 1960 (2002‡) VNIT Nagpur Maharashtra (http://www.vnit.ac.in/) Technology Nagpur nitp.ac.in NIT Patna ‡ NITP Patna Bihar 1886 (2004 ) (http://www.nitp.ac.in) nitrr.ac.in NIT Raipur 1956 (2005‡) NITRR Raipur Chhattisgarh (http://www.nitrr.ac.in/) nitrkl.ac.in NIT Rourkela ‡ NITRKL Rourkela Odisha 1961 (2002 ) (http://www.nitrkl.ac.in/) nitsikkim.ac.in NIT Sikkim 2010 NITSKM Ravangla Sikkim (http://www.nitsikkim.ac.in/) www.nits.ac.in NIT Silchar 1967 (2002‡) NITS Silchar Assam (http://www.nits.ac.in) Jammu and www.nitsri.net NIT Srinagar ‡ NITSRI Srinagar 1960 (2003 ) Kashmir (http://www.nitsri.net/) Sardar Vallabhbhai National ‡ SVNIT Surat Gujarat svnit.ac.in (http://svnit.ac.in/) Institute of 1961 (2003 ) Technology Surat nitk.ac.in NIT Surathkal ‡ NITK Mangalore Karnataka 1960 (2002 ) (http://www.nitk.ac.in/) NIT nitt.edu 1964 (2003‡) NITT Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu Tiruchirappalli (http://www.nitt.edu/home/) NIT nituk.com/ 2010 NITUK Srinagar Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (http://www.nituk.com/) nitw.ac.in NIT Warangal ‡ NITW Warangal Telangana 1959 (2002 ) (http://www.nitw.ac.in/nitw/) NIT Arunachal www.nitap.in Arunachal 2010 NITAP Yupia Pradesh Pradesh (http://www.nitap.in/) Himachal nith.ac.in NIT Hamirpur ‡ NITH Hamirpur 1986 (2002 ) Pradesh (http://www.nith.ac.in/) Governance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Technology 4/15 1/29/2015 National Institutes of Technology ­ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The President of India is the ex officio visitor of all the NITs. The NIT Council works directly under him and includes the minister­ in­charge of technical education in Central Government, the Chairmen and the Directors of all the NITs, the Chairman of University Grants Commission (India), the Director General of CSIR, the Directors of other selected central institutions of repute, members of Parliament, Joint Council Secretary of Ministry of Human Resource and Organisational structure of the NITs Development, nominees of the Central Government, AICTE, and the Visitor. Below the NIT Council is each NITs Board of Governors. The Board of Governors of every individual NIT consists of the following members: Chairman ­An Eminent Technologist / Engineer / Educationist to be nominated by the Govt. of India. Member Secretary­ Director of the NIT. Nominee of the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. Nominee of the Department of the Higher / Technical Education of the respective state government. Head of another Technical